Sociology of Poverty Question Bank
Course Introduction
Sociology of Poverty examines the social, cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to poverty and shape the experiences of the poor. The course explores definitions and measurements of poverty, theories explaining its persistence, and the ways poverty intersects with race, gender, class, and geography. Students analyze historical and contemporary patterns of poverty both locally and globally, critically assess anti-poverty policies and interventions, and investigate the role of social institutions in reproducing or alleviating economic disadvantage. Through readings, discussions, and case studies, the course encourages a deeper understanding of poverty as a complex social phenomenon and its impact on individuals and communities.
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Social Problems 14th Edition by William Kornblum
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Chapter 1: Sociological Perspective on Social Problems
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Q1) Data on unemployment,crime,public opinion,etc.,are often generated from interviews of a sample of the population.As a research method,__________ is/are best suited to gain this information.
A)social experiments
B)individual case study
C)field observation
D)demographic study
E)survey research
Answer: E
Q2) Drug addicts may possess illegal drugs - an act that is criminal.To maintain their "habit," addicts may commit crimes in order to maintain their supply of drugs.This type of crime is categorized as __________ deviance.
A)unnecessary
B)criminalized
C)stress-related
D)habitual
E)secondary
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Problems of Health and Healthcare
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Q1) The text points out that AIDS can be viewed as three epidemics rolled into one.Which of the following is NOT one of these?
A)the spread of the HIV virus
B)emerging social policy surrounding HIV
C)the epidemic of the disease AIDS
D)the social,political,psychological,and ethical reactions to the disease and those who suffer from it
Answer: B
Q2) When one compares life expectancy and related indicators for low-income economies and industrial market economies,one finds that low-income economies have
A)a longer life expectancy
B)lower rates of infant mortality
C)lower rates of mortality for children aged 1-4 years
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Problems of Mental Illness and Treatment
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Q1) Thomas Scheff (1963),formulated the concept of ________,which states that most social conventions are recognized as such,and violation of those conventions carries fairly clear labels.
A)problems in living
B)the medical model
C)the biological model
D)residual deviance
E)None of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Sigmund Freud pioneered __________ as a nonmedical form of treatment.
A)psychoanalysis
B)behavior modification
C)support group therapy
D)client-centered therapy
E)avoidance therapy
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Alcohol is a factor in about __________ percent of all traffic fatalities and those resulting in serious injuries.
A)10
B)15
C)25
D)40
E)75
Q2) The __________ aspect of drug use refers to how people perceive the consequences of drug use,and how their perceptions result in social action with regard to drug use.
A)medical
B)subjective
C)pharmacological
D)causative
E)objective
Q3) Describe the basic differences between problem drinking and alcoholism.
Q4) Discuss the patterns of drinking among adolescents and young people in the United States over the past 30 years.What recent changes have occurred and to what can these changes be attributed?
Q5) What is a drug and why are certain drugs socially disapproved?
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Chapter 5: Crime and Violence
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Q1) Among juveniles,a very common reason for arrest is __________,such as running away and vagrancy.
A)status offenses
B)occasional offenses
C)property offenses
D)skilled crimes
E)youth busts
Q2) Official arrest rate data show that lower socioeconomic status group members are more likely to be involved in crimes.The chief reason for this appears to be that
A)police are assigned to lower-income communities in greater numbers,so there is a tendency for police records to show higher crime rates for those communities
B)poverty is the most important cause of crime
C)the criminal justice system is run by nonminority individuals who do not arrest and prosecute members of their own groups
D)there are biological characteristics which minorities possess that lead them to commit crime
E)minority group members commit most crimes
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Chapter 6: Poverty and Affluence
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Q1) Major employers and powerful political leaders are part of the __________ class.
A)upper
B)upper-middle
C)middle
D)working
Q2) In 2008,the inflation-corrected,official poverty line for a family of four was
A)$12,435
B)$13,576
C)$14,282
D)$16,141
E)$27,570
Q3) The U.S.government attempts to "officially" define the poverty line by utilizing which factor?
A)the Bureau of the Census estimate of U.S.lifestyles
B)wealth
C)the calculation of a minimum family "market basket"
D)earned as opposed to inherited assets
Q4) What are the "concomitants" of poverty? Compare the poor with the non poor using each of these concomitants.
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Chapter 7: Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders is best known for its conclusion that __________.
A)separate schools for whites and blacks are inherently unequal
B)the U.S.Constitution permits segregation in housing when important economic interests are threatened by desegregation
C)Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F.Kennedy
D)our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white-separate and unequal
E)the riots were caused by a black underclass that came to these cities from outside in order to make trouble
Q2) Within the United States population,the problem of finding adequate employment is MOST serious for __________.
A)adult white females
B)young black and Hispanic men
C)middle-aged white males
D)young white males and females
E)middle-aged white and Hispanic females
Q3) Define prejudice and discrimination.In what possible ways do they relate to each other?
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Chapter 8: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) According to Chodorow,homophobia is really __________.
A)a problem with heterosexual identity
B)the result of gender misidentification
C)an excuse for "gay bashing"
D)a counterphobia
E)an aspect of male gender identity
Q2) A women's organization called Stop ERA waged a successful battle to prevent ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.Stop ERA was led by __________.
A)Betty Friedan
B)Phyllis Schlafly
C)Gloria Steinem
D)Helen Gurley Brown
E)Nancy Reagan
Q3) According to the text's discussion of sexism and employment,__________.
A)for the past several decades,men and women have received the same amount of schooling
B)men hold more bachelor's and graduate degrees than women do
C)more men than women drop out of high school
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
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Chapter 9: An Aging Society
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Q1) The healthcare reform law passed in 2010 closes the __________ in Medicare Part
D prescription drug insurance.
A)"donut hole" or Medicare gap
B)amount of Social Security compensation
C)matter of national health care
D)housing and retirement gap
E)none of the above
Q2) Which of the following is NOT discussed in the text as a "concomitant" of aging?
A)problems acquiring health care
B)victimization by criminals
C)economic discrimination
D)political powerlessness
E)elder abuse
Q3) About __________ of the elderly have private health insurance in addition to Medicare.
A)one-fourth
B)one-third
C)one-half
D)two-thirds
E)three-fourths
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Chapter 10: The Changing Family
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Q1) The family is seen as a social problem when the pressures for change can no longer be accommodated within the limits of the existing social structures or when those who want to maintain those structures fear that they cannot do so.A common response to such pressures is to __________.
A)abandon the existing structure
B)change the norms of the family
C)withdraw from social life
D)find a completely new type of family
E)encourage contraception so that no new families are begun
Q2) The __________ family is the predominant type of family in agrarian societies.
A)expanded
B)nuclear
C)extended
D)matriarchal
E)egalitarian
Q3) Describe the ongoing debate over divorce law.
Q4) In what ways are black families different from white families? How do these differences contribute to a perception of the troubled black family?
Q5) Describe the changes in social policy that would most diminish family problems.
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Chapter 11: Problems of Education
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Q1) Busing has been employed in the attempt to achieve school desegregation.One study of busing describes a community that actively resists change.This community is called a __________.
A)backlash tract
B)reactionary neighborhood
C)resistance bastion
D)defended neighborhood
E)neighborhood on the offense
Q2) Three years after the federal No Child Left Behind Act went into effect,fourth-grade minority students showed the greatest improvement in math scores;but according to test experts,it would take __________ years to close the existing gap between minority and nonminority students in math.
A)25
B)50
C)100
D)200
E)500
Q3) Higher education has been subject to significant policy innovations and reforms.Discuss these changes,and analyze their effectiveness.
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Chapter 12: Problems of Work and the Economy
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Q1) __________ is the term used in the text in referring to the ever-greater economic interdependence of nations.
A)Globalization
B)Homogenization
C)Automation
D)The Global Village
E)International autonomy
Q2) The U.S.economy lost about __________ million jobs between December 2007 and October 2009.
A)13.7
B)10.9
C)7.3
D)3.6
E)2.4
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a massive layoff?
A)When an employer lays off employees who are union members.
B)When an employer lays off employees who don't apply for benefits.
C)When at least 50 employees are laid off by a single employer.
D)When an employer lays off at least 10 employees every season.
E)When unemployment is covered up by the government.
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Chapter 13: Population and Immigration
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Q1) In 2005,the crude birthrate in the United States was __________ births per 1,000.
A)6.1
B)9.1
C)13.9
D)34.1
E)45.1
Q2) The demographic transition first occurred in __________.
A)the United States
B)southern Asia
C)Latin America
D)northwestern Europe
E)northern Africa
Q3) By 1965,__________ percent of married women in the United States had used some method of birth control.
A)25
B)40
C)60
D)85
E)100
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Chapter 14: Technology and the Environment
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Q1) How would appropriate technology policy advocates and technology assessment policy advocates adjust our policies toward technology and social change?
Q2) What is "whistle blowing"? Why do people do this and what typically happens when they do?
Q3) The classic study by Cottrell describes the demise,during the 1940s,of a small southwestern town he called "Caliente." The main reason the town "died" was that
A)World War II took too many citizens away to serve in the military
B)the introduction of diesel locomotive technology undermined the economic base of the town
C)real-estate speculation overinflated the value of property
D)interest rates had increased,making it impossible to get loans
E)the town was corruptly administered by officials taking bribes from organized crime
Q4) What did William Ogburn mean by the term "culture lag"? Provide some specific examples of culture lag in American society today.
Q5) What are the major contributors to water pollution? How do they affect human beings,the economy,and the ecosystem?
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Chapter 15: War and Global Insecurity
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Q1) The United States and other nations are often drawn into global conflicts in the role of peacekeepers.Recent research indicates that this type of third-party intervention is ____.
A)disastrous
B)largely unsuccessful
C)neither successful nor unsuccessful
D)moderately successful
E)very successful
Q2) War is an alternative to diplomacy and is engaged in to gain land,prestige,and other benefits.It will be engaged in only if political leaders judge its benefits to outweigh the costs.This reflects the view of __________.
A)Konrad Lorenz
B)Carl von Clausewitz
C)Edward O.Wilson
D)Nikolai Lenin
E)Karl Marx
Q3) How has technology affected the ways in which wars are waged? Provide some specific examples.
Q4) What are the direct and indirect effects of war? How will nuclear war differ?
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